greet/welcome (someone/something) with open arms

to be very pleased to see someone, or to be very pleased with something new.

I was rather nervous about meeting my boyfriend's parents, but they welcomed me with open arms.

Our company greeted the arrival of the Internet with open arms.

• for a song
• for better or for worse
• for better or worse
• forbidden fruit
• force hand
• force of habit
• for certain
• force someone's hand
• force to be reckoned with
• for Christ's sake
• for crying out loud
• For crying out loud!
• foregone conclusion
• forelock-tugging
• forewarned is forearmed
• Forewarned is forearmed.
• forget about
• forget about it
• forget about something
• forget it
• forgive and forget
• for God's sake
• for good
• for good measure
• for goodness' sake